Friday, November 3, 2017
Top 20 U.S. law faculties in terms of scholarly excellence, 2017 edition
So with a bit more than 160 votes over the last 48 hours, here are the results for the poll that presented evaluators with faculty names, rather than simply school names:
1. Yale University (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
2. Harvard University loses to Yale University by 77–67 |
3. University of Chicago loses to Yale University by 118–32, loses to Harvard University by 127–21 |
4. New York University loses to Yale University by 122–28, loses to University of Chicago by 79–60 |
5. Stanford University loses to Yale University by 121–29, loses to New York University by 73–65 |
6. Columbia University loses to Yale University by 126–21, loses to Stanford University by 85–56 |
7. University of California, Berkeley loses to Yale University by 137–15, loses to Columbia University by 113–29 |
8. University of Pennsylvania loses to Yale University by 140–9, loses to University of California, Berkeley by 74–62 |
9. University of Virginia loses to Yale University by 138–9, loses to University of Pennsylvania by 75–55 |
10. University of Michigan loses to Yale University by 140–9, loses to University of Virginia by 69–52 |
11. Duke University loses to Yale University by 144–6, loses to University of Michigan by 78–49 |
12. Northwestern University loses to Yale University by 142–8, loses to Duke University by 67–62 |
13. Georgetown University loses to Yale University by 140–10, loses to Northwestern University by 70–63 |
14. Cornell University loses to Yale University by 144–5, loses to Georgetown University by 71–63 |
15. University of California, Los Angeles loses to Yale University by 141–9, loses to Cornell University by 66–61 |
16. University of Texas, Austin loses to Yale University by 144–4, loses to University of California, Los Angeles by 74–49 |
17. Vanderbilt University loses to Yale University by 139–6, loses to University of Texas by 77–41 |
18. University of Southern California loses to Yale University by 141–6, loses to Vanderbilt University by 67–54 |
19. George Washington University loses to Yale University by 138–11, loses to University of Southern California by 81–43 |
20. University of California, Irvine loses to Yale University by 143–6, loses to George Washington University by 70–57 |
Runner-up (essentially tied with UC Irvine): University of Minnesota loses to Yale University by 141–7, loses to University of California, Irvine by 62–56 |
Now compared to earlier Condorcet Internet polls I've run here, which just presented school names, this survey did seem to have some minor impact on muting the U.S. News effect: e.g., Stanford dropped from third to fifth, while NYU easily bested Columbia. I may try to put together another such poll for schools in the 21-30 range, say--perhaps next week.
https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2017/11/top-20-us-law-faculties-in-terms-of-scholarly-excellence-2017-edition.html